SR71 Film

"miket6065" wrote in
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D21 Drone, basically a SR71 engine turned into a drone intended to fly
over terrain even the SR71 won't venture over.

Saddly the drone failed and crashed on the SR, one crewman survived
one road the plane into the Pacific.



No, BOTH parachuted out, but one drowned while waiting for rescue.

"Jack G" wrote in message
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Mother ship was the M-21. One is now on display at the Museum of Flight
in Seattle.

http://www.museumofflight.org/Collec...3-AA2AF8E6BB00

Jack G.

Some more are still stored at DM, if Google Earth is reliable. Two can be
seen just south of the Golf Course (west of the Sea King and Buckeye rows),
and I remember seeing one or two more around the yard.

Ron
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Non urinat in ventum

Ron - I take it you are referring to the D-21 - Don't think there are any
M-21s is storage...

Jack G.


Some more are still stored at DM, if Google Earth is reliable. Two can be
seen just south of the Golf Course (west of the Sea King and Buckeye
rows), and I remember seeing one or two more around the yard.

Ron
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Non urinat in ventum

"Jack G" wrote in message
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Ron - I take it you are referring to the D-21 - Don't think there are any
M-21s is storage...

Jack G.

Oops, you're correct.

Ron
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Non urinat in ventum

"Ron" wrote in
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Some more are still stored at DM, if Google Earth is reliable. Two can
be seen just south of the Golf Course (west of the Sea King and
Buckeye rows), and I remember seeing one or two more around the yard.

Ron



IIRC: NASA also had several of the drones moved to Dryden for test flights
a couple of years ago, They were showing on Google Earth photos near the
shuttle mate/demate structure..along with the shuttle carrier 747.

Thanks everyone. I'd read about this programme but hadnt connected it with
the film clip. You can clearly see the airspike in the early part of the
clip. It occurred to me that the drone would look very triangular from
below. Could it be an explanation for the so-called aurora sighting in the
north sea thats often cited on documentaries.

"whogoes" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any idea whats happening in this clip on
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b8b_1198437513
The title talks about refueling but I cant work out what the other plane
is.....
Ideas ????

Clark wrote in
Could it be an explanation for the so-called
aurora sighting in the north sea thats often cited on documentaries.

No. The D-21 was canceled after only a few test flights.

http://www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCArticleD21Drone.asp





Read to the end of the article, 4 D-21D models were launched
from B-52 motherships and overflew China to the Nuclear test
area at Lop Nor.
Ben Rich in his book about the Skunk Works detailed his
getting a "Gift" from a CIA agent, it proved to be an hatch cover
from a D-21B that had flown off course in China, the hatch was
reportedly picked up in Siberia, Russia

its unlikley that they were ever over the North Sea.